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Mount Sinai also known as Jabal Musa (Arabic: جَبَل مُوسَىٰ, translation: Mountain of Moses), is a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. It is one of several locations claimed to be the biblical Mount Sinai, the place where, according to the Torah, Bible, and Quran, Must (a.s) received the Ten Commandments.
It is a 2,285-metre (7,497 ft), moderately high mountain near the city of Saint Catherine in the region known today as the Sinai Peninsula. It is surrounded on all sides by higher peaks in the mountain range of which it is a part. For example, it lies next to Mount Catherine which, at 2,629 m or 8,625 ft, is the highest peak in Egypt.
The Jabal Musa is associated with the Islamic prophet Musa(a.s) (Moses). In particular, numerous references to Jabal Musa exist in the Quran, where it is called Ṭūr Saināʾ, Ṭūr Sīnīn, and aṭ-Ṭūr and al-Jabal (both meaning “the Mount”). As for the adjacent Wād-e- Ṭuwā (Valley of Tuwa), it is considered as being muqaddas (sacred and a part of it is called Al-Buqʿah Al-Mubārakah “The Blessed Place”. It is the place where Musa spoke to his Allah.
